CBS announces premiere date for Season 9 Posted June 9, 2015

CBS became the first network to announce their 2015 fall premiere dates today, announcing that The Big Bang Theory will return for its ninth season on Monday, September 21 at 8/7c. For the first time since the sixth season premiere in 2012, the show will return with a half-hour premiere rather than a double bill of episodes.

With Thursday Night Football comandeering the Thursday night line-up, The Big Bang Theory will temporarily air on Mondays at 8/7c again this season. The show is set to move back to Thursday nights on November 5, a week later than last year. Airing out of The Big Bang Theory at 8:30 on Mondays and following it back to Thursday nights is the new sitcom Life in Pieces. When the Thursday night comedy block returns, Chuck Lorre's Mom will air at 9/8c before new sitcom Angel from Hell.

CBS's much anticipated sci-fi series Supergirl will premire on Monday, October 26 following a new episode of The Big Bang Theory. The superhero series will take the Mondays 8/7c slot when The Big Bang Theory returns to Thursday.

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